Who am I?

I feel like my blog posts are going to be more like essays than anything else. I like writing essays. Did you know that about me? I bet there's a lot of things that you think that you know about me and don't. I bet you think I like Glee. I bet you think that I like Twilight. I bet you think I like candy. What makes you think I like these things? People judge people every day of life. It's human nature. 

My name is Samantha Jane Larsen, but I bet you got that from my facebook. Two people nicknamed me Sunshine in one night, without knowing the other person did so. I'll forever be Sami Sunshine, or just flat out Sunshine, to them. It's self explanatory when you see someone is named Sunshine what kind of person that they are. They're a happy person who is always laughing and trying to make other people feel better about themselves. Right? Right. 

How much do you really know me, rather than what people think that they know about me? How much do you think is true out of what people assume? Well, between you and I, assuming things just makes an ass out of u and me. 

I don't like candy, but chocolate and sour patch kids are the exception. I hate most gummy things. I think lemon candy anything is delicious though, but if it's gummy, we probably have a problem. I used to like Twilight. I liked Twilight before it was cool to like Twilight. That's because of my friend Lex. I told Lex I was a Harry Potter girl (still am), and nothing could ever take its place in my heart (it hasn't). I read the books religiously. I hated Jacob Black. I defended it to people who would make fun of it who hadn't ever picked it up once. But then the movie came out. And it sucked. Royally sucked. That girl in high school who sucks everyone, yeah, it sucked more than her. Then all these people who liked the movie were obsessed, and it was just too much. It's magic was fleeing fast. Then after New Moon came out, it was gone. I reread twilight over Summer '10 to see if it was really that great and I came upon to conclusions. One, Edward is a creep. He watches her while she sleeps. He's overprotective, and even though he can hear every girls thoughts around him, he's obsessed with Bella. He never tried to hit anything else once. I get he was born in 1901, but still. Think about it. Hormones. Teenage hormones? Plus, they bang on True Blood all the time. Two, Bella doesn't have an original thought in her head. She is not a good heroine. (not heroin, but yeah, in Twilight that makes sense, too) She isn't smart. I feel foolish for ever wanting to be her. 

I like Glee. Sometimes. But COME ON, a JUSTIN BIEBER EPISODE? You're kidding...right? Okay, okay, so I am a StarKid, and Darren is going to be a season regular on the show, but to me, it's starting to lose it's magic, too. It was all about believing during the first season, and that part of the plot is still there under all the break ups, and gay relationships (which, I am completely okay with), affairs, sex, and (I actually really like this topic) overcoming bullying. But I have a serious question. Why aren't they worried about their SATs or ACTs? Why aren't they talking about college and getting ready for it? When do they do homework? Do they ever hang out outside of Glee Club? Why do they practice dancing for a wedding in the choir room? Why did all the wedding plans basically happen at WMHS? THAT'S NOT NORMAL. I've never once heard them talk about finals or semester exams. I get it. It's not a reality tv show. But if they address all of these factors we go through during high school, why not get the whole experience right? Just my thoughts. 

I've always loved Harry Potter. Since I was 8 years old. I admit, I didn't get into it until the second book came out, but I do have all the US First Editions. (can I get a hell yeah?!) Its lessons on friendship and what power can do to a person is what I think we should be taught in our english classes. 

I'm LDS. I haven't always been the best member in the ward. For a long time I did a lot of things that I wasn't supposed to. Then my parents got divorced. I couldn't stand my mother, who is active, and my father, who isn't active isn't that great of a person either. I don't have the best examples. But I would go to church every sunday after their divorce. I would do my calling, and then I got a miracle. Two amazing home teachers, Amy Malone and Briauna Tregaskas. I knew who they were, their kids were in my nursery. But these two amazing women were like the older sisters I never had. The fact I knew I had two women I could count on. I've never really had that besides my grandmothers in Utah, my step mother and her sister. But the fact that two women so close who weren't completely obligated to be there for me were. I aspire to be like them. And I also aspire to marry a man like their husbands. Briauna's husband is this amazing man who didn't think I was weird when he was my sunday school teacher, and Amy's husband is a great father, who their son, Aaron, never stops talking about. 

I want to be a social worker, sociologist, and eventually a child psychologist. My main goal is to work for child protective services as a social worker until I get my degree in psychology and become a licensed psychologist, and eventually also work with CPS. I didn't have the best childhood. A lot of it sucked actually... but I got through it, and I know that this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Getting my Sociology degree with my focus in Child Abuse. 

I'm a best friend to Erin and Haleigh. I would do anything for those girls. I would go out of my way to help them. 

I'm a mommy to my puppy, Lilly. I call her Lily Potter, and it upsets me that the breeder named her Lilly instead of Lily. 

I'm Samantha Jane Larsen. Not Larson. I'm a good person. At least I think so. I'm becoming active in my church again, and I love it. I play with my puppy whenever I can. I study at school. I play soccer every monday night. I love summer time, but autumn is my favorite season. In a nut shell, I like a lot of things, but I dislike even more things. I'm far from perfect. I just want to be the best person I can be. 

And that was a little bit of my mind for you.